Eclipse-CDT: How do I configure the debugger to stop on an exception?

Question

This might be a GDB question.. but I\'d like to run my app in the debugger and have the debugger break when an exception is thrown, so I can see where the code is and what its d

Answer 1

The best I found is news.eclipse.tools.cdt: Re: Catching C++ exceptions at point of throw:

Meanwhile, you can go at the GDB console in eclipse and type "catch throw", like you are did with gdb, 'til we find away to integrate this feature in CDT.

Answer 2

You can get the equivalent of gdb catchpoints in eclipse by:

From breakpoints view, invoke action(small triangle pointing downwards near the maximize button) -> Add Event Breakpoint (C/C++) -> Exception Thrown.